OK I installed Windows 8 last night as I hadn't used it in over a year, and then 8.1 after much stress and drama..
The installation seemed to go fine. I did however turn off updates in the options when it got to that part just so that I could have the PC running after the last reboot as it does that a few times..
However it still said it was installing updates even though I hadn't set it to do that. This is where the problems started. It kept looping 3 times with this message.
"Failure configuring windows updates reverting changes"
It did this 3 times and most of my day was spent pulling my hair out with this. Eventually I did a repair and things seemed sorted. I did updates and that was sorted.
However after doing that I find that nearly all my installed programs had been wiped out. Everything was working in 8.1 now but all my programs like irfanview and Steam, and my photo editor were all gone..
Now with Windows 10 on the horizon for those that might know is the change over from Windows 7 smooth?
I am worried now with all the drama I had yesterday.
The installation seemed to go fine. I did however turn off updates in the options when it got to that part just so that I could have the PC running after the last reboot as it does that a few times..
However it still said it was installing updates even though I hadn't set it to do that. This is where the problems started. It kept looping 3 times with this message.
"Failure configuring windows updates reverting changes"
It did this 3 times and most of my day was spent pulling my hair out with this. Eventually I did a repair and things seemed sorted. I did updates and that was sorted.
However after doing that I find that nearly all my installed programs had been wiped out. Everything was working in 8.1 now but all my programs like irfanview and Steam, and my photo editor were all gone..
Now with Windows 10 on the horizon for those that might know is the change over from Windows 7 smooth?
I am worried now with all the drama I had yesterday.
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